NASCAR Sprint Cup: Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan – Race Line-Up

With a lighting fast new track record at Michigan International Speedway,Jeff Gordon earned his second consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light pole of the season Friday afternoon after turning a lap of 34.857 seconds at 206.558 miles per hour, ahead of Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400.

Gordon crushed fellow Chevrolet driver Kevin Harvick’s track record by three tenths of a second at the two-mile oval set just two months ago. Gordon’s qualifying lap was the seventh-fastest pole-winning speed in Sprint Cup history.

The driver of the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet knocked Joey Logano from the top spot in the final two minutes of the third and final round of knockout qualifying, establishing the 17th new track record of the season.